| Wow! Remember me? |
[Sep. 27th, 2009|06:08 pm] |
I haven't posted here in aeons. Mostly I get my social-media-on through Facebook, these days. But I figured some of you, if you're still out there, might be interested in my latest project, "Drinking in the Morning with Aaron and Grant."
We spend a relaxing morning imbibing refined spirits and interviewing our gracious guests, usually captains of industry and entertainment.
If you'd like to check it out, just click on over to:
http://www.drinkinginthemorning.com
I'll keep you guys up to date, more or less, on how things progress. Ciao fro now!
-Aa |
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| An Open Letter to Dr. Pepper |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|01:44 pm] |
Dear Dr. Pepper,
My name is Aaron Johnson and I run a video production company in Columbia, South Carolina. I am writing to beg you to make Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr. Pepper a permanently available product. This stuff is delicious. It is the best beverage I have ever had, and if you stop producing it then I will be very, very sad.
To reiterate, PLEASE DO NOT STOP PRODUCING CHERRY CHOCOLATE DIET DR. PEPPER. It is a soda that tastes like cherries and chocolate! Why would someone brilliant enough to develop such a wonderful drink be foolish enough to limit the time it is available?
I'm serious. If you stop producing it then lots of people will be sad, including me. Have you even thought about it for more than like five seconds?
FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, IT IS A SODA THAT TASTES LIKE CHERRIES AND CHOCOLATE!
It's a no-brainer!!! DO NOT STOP PRODUCING CHERRY CHOCOLATE DIET DR. PEPPER.
Running my own company has taught me a thing or two about business over the years. For one thing, make sure you have a good accountant. For another thing, keep good records in writing of all your contracts and obligations. Oh yeah, and if you make a DELICIOUS BEVERAGE THAT TASTES LIKE CHERRIES AND CHOCOLATE THEN NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES STOP PRODUCING IT!
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Aaron Johnson
Co-President and Founder
Pretty Penny Productions, LLC |
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| Rolly Coasters |
[Sep. 19th, 2007|10:05 pm] |
Of Emotion, that is! That's what I've been on the past week. Mostly bidness and my motorsickle. Motorsickle is sick from sitting in a garage for 10 years so he's at the doctor... all the way in Abbeville. I tried riding it home last week and ended up on the side of the road for three hours. It was very upsetting. I was in the middle of nowhere.
I'm quite apprehensive about business, lately. We have work but I sometimes wonder how long I'll have to stay in poverty. I don't really mind poverty. It doesn't bother me at all. It's kind of nice, in a f'ed up sort of way. What I mean is, I'm glad that I can be satisfied with life with so little in the way of means. I feel like I'm very adept at making a little go along way. I think my lifestyle is better than most people with my socio-economical profile. I have a very fulfilling life. But the one thing I really do lack in my life right now is security. It's probably the only thing that's lacking, which is probably why it's so notable. I mean, if I broke my arm tomorrow I would be completely devastated. How could I possibly pay the medical bills? It would ruin me. Josh had a $5,000 kidney stone and it set him back a great deal. It would be nice to have security, is all I'm saying. I'm not the type of person to want the government to hand it to me, either. I want to earn it for myself. So hopefully we'll get there soon. There's a good chance we will. We have a lot of buns in the oven. It's just troubling. Nothing major. At least I don't have kids. I'd be miserable with kids, at this point in my life.
I'm writing a screenplay and I'm excited about it. It's the first screenplay I've been really excited about since Buddy Cop Show. It's hard to write, though. Lots of dialogue and demanding in the character development department. Which I've discovered I'm not so good at. But the skeleton is there, and it's a good skeleton.
I have this awesome idea to make a spreadsheet and go through my old posts and plot my emotional stability. I have a theory that I have a very predictable emotional cycle and it would be interested if it pans out. I'll bet I have these bouts of anxiety quite regularly. They're never that severe, but they always eat at me for a few days then just disappear completely. Usually when I find something to do. Like a new hobby. I wonder what my next new hobby will be. I'm already excited about it!
Enough, already, with the LiveJournal. |
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| On the Road Again |
[Sep. 12th, 2007|01:20 am] |
After a trip to Florida, a trip to Abbeville, two trips to the County tax auditor's office, a trip to the DMV and a lot of money flying out the window along the way, I am going to make one last trip tomorrow - back to Abbeville - and then I will have my Ural Bavarian Classic home with me, hopefully for good!
This thing is so sexy. It's the machine I've always dreamed of. It takes dirt roads like an all-out ATV, it has a 1939 look and engine design and it drives like a mutha and it rocks out so hard. And do I even have to mention the sidecar? It's the limit, man. Really the cat's meow.
Now after tomorrow I have to get back into the swing of working, so I can make back all the money I've spent in the last week.
PS: Roller coasters are freaking awesome. |
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| What Would Ivan Do? |
[Sep. 6th, 2007|12:57 am] |
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I bought a real leather journal so I don't really have the compulsion to write in this much, any more. The reason I got the real journal is that NOBODY READS THIS DERN THING. If I'm gonna have a private journal might as well have a cool one made of leather. It's fun and relaxing. Even improved my handwriting!
But here's an update, since things are going really well right now:
-Business is really f'ing awesome and we're experiencing some great growth. About to launch a radio commercial on Mondayish and we're putting out a bid on a huge project that would bring us to the NEXT LEVEL and by next level I mean I'll be able to pay my rent YET AGAIN! Pat on my own back for keeping the Land Lords happy.
-I bought a Russian motorcycle on eBay. It has a sidecar. I'm going to Florida to get it tomorrow. I'll be back Sunday.
-In about 3 weeks Bobby and I will be raised to Master Masons, which means we will have Real Ultimate Power.
-I really can't wait to finish stupid BCS II. Now that it's cooling down I'll feel inclined to work on it again. Life is all kewl!
That's it for now. Wish me luck as I go down to get my RPOC! |
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| Easily the most WTF news story ever |
[Aug. 31st, 2007|08:41 am] |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_ninja
China kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported on Friday. Shaolin Temple, in the northern province of Henan, became famous in the West as the training ground for Kwai Chang "Grasshopper" Caine in the 1970s "Kung Fu" TV series. Ninjas -- professional assassins trained in martial arts -- date back to mediaeval Japan. "The so-called defeat is purely fabricated, and we demand the Internet user to apologise to the whole nation for the wrongs he or she did," the Beijing News said, citing a notice announced by a lawyer for the Shaolin monks. Relations between Chinese and Japanese are sensitive at the best of times, with emotions still running high over Japan's invasion and occupation of parts of China in the first half of the 20th Century. The Internet user, calling themselves "Five Minutes Every Day", said on an online forum last week that a Japanese ninja came to Shaolin, asked for a fight and many monks failed to beat him, the newspaper said. "The facts that the monks could not defeat a Japanese ninja showed that they were named as kung fu masters in vain," the Internet user was quoted as saying in the post. The Shaolin temple "strongly condemned the horrible deeds" of the user, the newspaper said. "It is not only extremely irresponsible behaviour with respect to the Shaolin temple and its monks, but also to the whole martial art and Chinese nation," it quoted the monks as saying. |
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| Speaking of the YouTube debates... |
[Jul. 27th, 2007|08:53 am] |
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Something that really struck me is how alien, ridiculous and fake-looking all the candidates seemed to be when sitting next to YouTube and regular people that actually reflect our society. It tends to make me think that, if this "Politics 2.0" (as I've just dubbed it) format takes off, there will have to be changes. Stuffiness and empty suits can't possibly survive with the Glasnost of the YouTube debates and other formats knocking at the door... can it? |
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| Does anybody read this any more? |
[Jul. 21st, 2007|08:13 pm] |
I think I killed my "fanbase" by not rocking hard enough and frequently enough since I graduated from college. I've just been so much more busy since I graduated!
PPP is being taken to a new level. Josh and I have been doing a lot of talking, researching, experimenting -- we are transforming our business into something that I feel is totally new, exciting and innovative. The changes are subtle, but I really think they may start to raise us to being "players" in Columbia within a year or two, as opposed to just scavengers who beg for scraps. We'll see, but I'm flagrantly optimistic.
I am now an Entered Apprentice Freemason with Dentsville Lodge 398. The best way to describe it is as something that's always been missing from my life without my ever knowing it. I'm having to do a lot of memory work, learning rituals and such (you know, rituals to raise demons and fake moon landings). None of it can be written down, so we have to meet regularly with a coach who teaches us mouth to ear. Our coach is incredibly awesome. It's strangely fun learning from him. Bobby and I are by leaps and bounds the youngest men in our Lodge. I think the next youngest fellahs might be in their early 30's. But everyone is really friendly and upright and it's awesome.
I got Ghost, the horse I relearned to ride on! They're bringing him down from Shannon Doa very soon. She just gave him to us! I can't wait to see him again. He pwns.
Bobby, Ryan and I have a brilliantly devised plan to take over Charleston with our wet plate photography. Also, Heidi has this incredible collection of old wet plate photos and supplies she's sitting on. To quote Indiana Jones, it belongs in a museum! I think I may have accidentally cracked one of the plates!! It happened just from *gently* picking it up, so it woul have probably happened regardless and may even have already been cracked, but I feel excrutiatingly pained about it. To think I may have destroyed an artifact. :(
I want to try to find a museum to donate it to, but I know they sometimes are Cavalier about getting rid of stuff and I'd hate to think these photos might be lost or destroyed. I want them to be catalogued and restored! I wonder if I can find a good home for it somewhere with professionals or at least very competent amateurs. |
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| Ahoy! |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|12:10 pm] |
I've been accepted as an Apprentice Freemason by Dentsville Lodge 398! I'm extremely excited. I've also helped found a wargaming group here in town, so that's going to be awesome, too. In other news, I have some kind of bizarre stomach disease that my doctor can't diagnose despite like 6 tests on my various body fluids. It's not debilitating, just a sort of general unsettled feeling, for the most part.
Next week I'm working as Craft Services for an army commercial. The cushiest of jobs! So life is generally pretty good, now, despite medical expenses. |
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| From my business partner, in an email discussing business strategy: |
[Jun. 26th, 2007|10:00 am] |
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"Can you be in a chamber if your business isn't in the county they represent? (most likely not, but could we use where I live to skew the results) We could lie to them all, and when they least expect it we could kill them and take all their business for ourselves. It seems so easy: what am I missing? There has to be a reason noone's ever tried killing everyone in the chamber before. All those businesses up for the taking - It's too good to be true, but we'll see..."
-The Estimable Mr. Josh Rose |
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| For your health! |
[May. 30th, 2007|12:37 pm] |
Nice, steady rotation of clients lately. Hasn't been too overwhelming since the political stuff with ACS yet I've been busy enough to pull nice, full, lucrative weeks. I guess the only problem I've been having lately has been my ennui when it comes to my personal works. I'm really afraid I'm never gonna make a movie again, sometimes. That said, I worked on BCS Season 2 some over the weekend and I'm working on it again next weekend, and I'm going to keep doing that until it's done. Maybe once I've got that settled -- finally -- I can move on to something else with clearer convictions.
My parents' new house is really big and surprisingly they've been able to keep it clean. This is not normal for the Johnsons. I'm sure gonna miss 804 Edmonton Circle... I hope my parents rent it rather than selling it. But I don't think that would make sense, tax-wise... Le sigh. The new house doesn't feel much like home, even though it's plainly a better place to live.
My brother's getting his license very soon and this terrifies me. It should terrify you, too. |
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| You will die one day! |
[May. 17th, 2007|01:04 pm] |
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And I just wasted some of your precious, finite time by making you read this! Mwahaha! |
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| Like sands through the hourglass... |
[May. 10th, 2007|08:34 pm] |
I haven't made a real life posty post in a very long time. I haven't been too busy to post, but I have been busy. Business is sort of booming, but we have to be as cautious as ever. Blah blah blah business.
My life of late has revolved around the exploration of organizations. I petitioned to join the Freemasons early this week, which I hope in earnest will deliver on the its very lofty philosophical and self-developmental promises. I've been interested in them for years but only when I met one recently did I seriously consider joining them. So far everything I've read from CREDIBLE sources about their philosophies and ideals mirror my own almost perfectly. The folks at the Lodge I'm petitioning to are mostly elderly but all very kind-spirited from initial appearances.
In the other direction, I'm also looking into the Jaycees. Not even fractionally as exciting as the Masons, but it's probably a step in the right direction, professionally speaking.
Doing a bout of pro bono work for City Year lately has, I'm afraid, begrudgingly rubbed off on me. I hope to incorporate civil and social service into my life until it runs itself out, and hopefully these organizations will help me accomplish these goals of self- and community-betterment. Blah blah blah morality.
If you're still reading, here's a treat for your loyalty... |
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| Amazing Grace Gym is lame. |
[Apr. 15th, 2007|11:06 pm] |
Many of you may remember my "The Splits" post. Well, it turns out the Amazing Grace Gym wants me to believe they have the right to "investigate" my "personal data." UH WRONG! First of all, there is NO indication on the Amazing Grace Gym site that any of their content is copyright protected. Second of all, using an img link does not constitute any sort of violation of copyright law unless I pass off the work as my own (which I didn't), defame the originator of the work in a manner which constitutes slander or libel (on the contrary, I was remarking on how great The Splits are), or violate a trademark -- The Splits is not a trademark!
At any rate, Amazing Grace Gym is really lame and I'm calling the Amazing Grace Gym's bluff. Screw you, Amazing Grace Gym! If I find out Amazing Grace Gym is violating my right to privacy in any way then there will be Hell to pay. You got that, Amazing Grace Gym? I don't need your stupid picture of The Splits, anyway.
Quote: "As the copyright owner of this image, if this images is not removed by 4-16-07 11:59 PM, CDT, you will be reported to the DOJ. Additionally, with this complaint, all of your personal data is subject to search and seizure. We take this theft very seriously."
At least identify yourself in your idle threats, Amazing Grace Gym. Don't hide in the shadows as an anonymous bogeyman. I dare you to investigate me, Amazing Grace Gym. I have a private investigator, lawyer and thorough understanding of media copyright law. BRING IT ON AMAZING GRACE GYM.
http://www.amazinggracegym.com
Up yours, Amazing Grace Gym. |
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| Wait! |
[Apr. 6th, 2007|06:12 pm] |
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Why am *I* the perv? I'm not the one who injected sexuality where it doesn't exist into the innocent joys of The Splits. YOU people are the pervs! |
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| Original YouTube. |
[Apr. 3rd, 2007|11:19 pm] |
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We've got laughs from coast to coast to make you smile.
We might look at each of you to capture all that style.
You're the red, white and blue.
The funny things you do -- America, America, this is you.
Stories from the friends next door they never told.
You might be a start tonight, so let that camera roll.
You're the red, white and blue.
The funny things you do -- America, America, this is you. |
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